Suggest taking a battery powered drill and a couple 4¡¯ lengths of 2x4 and some 1/4¡± or 5/16¡± carriage bolts with nuts and washers plus appropriate drill bit and wrench. Set the lathe feet on the 2x4s and bolt the boards in place extending equally out from each side. Take a bit longer to load, maybe, but be more secure from turning over. I did something similar when bringing home a slightly larger larger lathe.?
Charlesl
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On Jul 12, 2023, at 5:14 PM, mike allen <animal@...> wrote:
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Good deal , thats part of the " work smarter , not harder plan "
. Wish I paid more attention to that plan in my younger days .
animal
On 7/12/23 2:56 PM, David Matthews
wrote:
Basic plan is to take the lathe off of the table.? That
makes it about 300 pounds and 200 pounds.,? It has to come
apart to go in the cellar anyway.
Dave
On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at
5:26?PM mike allen <
animal@...>
wrote:
??? These things are top heavy , remove what ever you can
. Tool post , chuck , tailstock ....
Ideally removing the lathe from the base . I don't know
much about these lathes , but looking at the manual it
looks like you can relieve tension on the final drive belt
& then remove the belt from the drive pulley &
then tie it out of the way & then remove the lathe
from the stand ?
Good thing those trailers have lots of tie points .
good luck
animal
On 7/12/23 1:44 PM, David Matthews wrote:
We got to a price on the lathe and I am scheduled
to get it Friday, assuming it is in good shape. I plan
to pull it apart and am wondering what is needed to
release the spindle belts.? Manual calls out
tensioning and then tightening the bracket mounting
bolts in top left of the diagram below.? I am assuming
reversing this.? Anyone know what format the bracket
mounting bolts are?? I want to make sure I have the
right tools with me.? Taking an engine hoist and a U
Haul 5x9 trailer with me.? Lower than the back of the
pickup.
Dave
On Fri, Jun 30, 2023
at 11:17?AM Dave Matthews <
n36078@...>
wrote:
There is an At;las 3990 about 75 miles from
here that I replied to in an ad.? Not great photos
but it has a 3 jaw and shows a quick change tool
post with a boring bar in it.? It looks like a
garage and fairly accessible.? It is being
advertised for a client by what appears to be a
real estate agent.? Story is older guy in ill
health and wife getting rid of the house.? I have
an engine hoist so I could move it into my pickup,
possibly by removing the lathe from the table.
I am guessing that they aren't getting a lot of
interest because the seller messaged me this
morning implying that they were very open to
offers.
What is a reasonable price range on one of
these lathes?? Looks to be a 12".? Serial is
005555.
Dave
